Gallery: Extremes of winter

A truck is over the edge of the North Cascades Highway in Washington. While the North Cascades Highway was closed for the winter, the History Channel took the opportunity to film a truck going over the edge of the highway for one of their episodes of Ice Road Truckers.

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Snow plow.

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Tow trucks pull a semi off the hillside and back onto the highway on the North Cascades Highway in Washington. The History Channel took the opportunity to film a truck going over the edge of the highway for one of their episodes of Ice Road Truckers.

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Inuvik, NWT.

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Clearing an avalanche on Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington's Cascade Mountains, January 2008.

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A truck on an ice highway.

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A photo of the dumping ground for snow removed off the streets of Douglas, Alaska, December 2006.

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Snow removal vehicle.

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This flickr photo was captioned: "Now you know why they cannot remove snow in Moscow."

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Multiple plows remove snow in a single pass on Rex Hill, Oregon, December 2008

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The loader, rather than the blower, is used to remove snow that is filled with rocks through the crusher site, May 2009.

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This flickr photo was captioned: "In another parking lot, someone must have forgot about their car. It's buried under snowfall and in between the snow that was removed from the parking lot."

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Snow plow near Belwood, Ontario, taken in April 2000.

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A snow plow on the A68 in the United Kingdom.

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This flickr photo was captioned: "Is it any wonder that cars are having a hard time in the snow when even the plows are getting stuck?"

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A limo driving on an ice road.

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A snow plow stuck in the aftermath of a blizzard in Garden City, Kansas.

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An FJ Cruiser stuck in the snow.

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Signs on an ice road.

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A truck is over the edge of the North Cascades Highway in Washington. While the North Cascades Highway was closed for the winter, the History Channel took the opportunity to film a truck going over the edge of the highway for one of their episodes of Ice Road Truckers.

PHOTO: WSDOT, flickr Creative Commons

A Land Cruiser in Madrid, Spain.

PHOTO: Raúl A., flickr Creative Commons

Graders from the 141st Air Refueling Wing of the Washington Air National Guard being used as snow removal vehicles to clear roads in Spokane, Washington.

This flickr photo was captioned: "We are driving on the frozen Baltic! The signs are in the ice. Obviously, this road only exist in the winter. It was snowing and blowing when I took this from the warmth inside the car."

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Heavy duty snow plow in Times Square, New York City.

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Snow removal.

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Snow removal.

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This flickr photo was captioned: "Now you know why they cannot remove snow in Moscow. Note the dump truck has to go backwards to make this all work."

PHOTO: Em and Ernie, flickr Creative Commons

Snow removal.

PHOTO: Stephen DesRoches, flickr Creative Commons

Snow removal.

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Beartooth Highway snow removal equipment.

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Snow removal.

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Snow removal vehicle.

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A snow removal vehicle on Route 89 between Truckee and Tahoe City, California.

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Rotary plow helps clear a mountain pass in Oregon near Detroit, January 2008.